Lip stick



April 3, 1934. MITCHELL 1,953,251

LIP STICK Filed NOV. 6, 1931 4 f 0 a 7 a a MBlVEENTgR I W ATTORNEY8 .is of few parts so that it can be Patented Apr. 3, 1934 3 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Scovill Manufacturing Company,

Waterbury,

Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application November 6, 1931, Serial No. 573,375

2 Claims.

This invention relates to certain improvements in containers or holders for holding plastic material, having been designed particularly for holding cosmetics now commonly known as lipsticks.

This class of containers to be practical must be of small size, easily operated to protrude or return the cosmetic from and to the container, of attractive appearance so as to appeal to the user, and cheap to manufacture.

It is the especial object of the present invention to provide-a holder or container for lipsticks or like use of improved construction which shall have the features above referred to, and which cheaply produced and assembled.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a container the parts of which may be disassembled if desired, so that if a part is imperfect such part maybe replaced, thus avoiding the loss of the entire holder. 1

With these and other objects not specifically referred to, the invention consists in certain novel parts, arrangements and combinations which will be described in connection with the accompanying drawing and the novel features pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed.

A preferred construction for effecting the ob- .iects of the invention'is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side view of a completely assembled lipstick container or holder with the cap or cover in position; v

Figure 2 is a central sectional view of the construction shown in Figure -1, with the parts separated;

Figure 3 is a central sectional view of the container or holder of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view,'the section being taken on line 4-4 of Figure 3 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring now to the drawing, the container as circular in shape, and the parts aremade of light metal, such as brass, which may be polished or lacquered to give an attractive a pearance, and

while a circular holder has been illustrated it will be understood that other shaped containers may be used within the invention.

Generally speaking, the container consists of an outer casing 1, an inner casing or sleeve 2 provided with a helical groove 3, this casing terminating 'in an operating head 4, preferably knurled or .milled, as shown, a paste or stick carrying cup 5, movable in the casing 1, and a cap 6 covering the end of the casing 2 when the container is not being used. This cap 6 is shown as a slip cap, but it will be understood that other types of caps, such as a cap hinged to the sleeve may be used if desired.

The present invention consists in certain novel 60 features and arrangement of these parts, and such will now be described in detail. As shown, the cup 5 is provided with a headed member in the form of a pin or rivet '7 engaging in the helical groove 3 of the inner casing or sleeve 2, and this groove is shown stopping at its inner end at the head 4. The casing 2 is preferably made separate from the head and is secured thereto so as to rotate therewith relatively to the casing 1 in any suitable or desired manner, as by turning or bending in the inner edge of the head as illustrated at 8 in Figure 3, thus nipping or pinching the two parts together.

This sleeve 2 turns inside the outer casingl, and the outer casing. is provided with means cooperating with the sleeve'2 and rivet '7, to cause the cup 5 to be advanced or retracted to protrude or retract the stick of lip paste, marked 9, so that the stick may be exposed for use or withdrawn into the casing 1 when not in use. In the particular construction shown, the casing 1 is provided with two interior longitudinal channels 10, 11 formed by pressing the metal of the'casing outwardly. While two of these channels are shown, on opposite sides of the casing to produce a symmetrical appearance, one may be omitted if desired, or three or more may be used, a plurality. of. such channels, in addition to their symmetrical appearance, also aiding somewhat in the quick assembly of the parts, as later described.

These channels, as shown, terminate within the'outer end of the casing, but extend to and open into the other end the outer casing 2 being open at each end, as shown. The helical groove 3 also terminates, in the preferred construction, within the end of the casing 2. With this construction, as the head 4 is turned the rivet 7 rides up one of the channels 10, 11 and projects the/Paste or'lipstick 9, a reverse movement of the head retracting the stick;

Meansare provided for removably locking the outer casing l and the inner casing 2 together. While various constructions may be provided for this, in the particular construction shown the outer casing 1 is provided, adjacent its outer'end,

' arranged that when the cup is in its most retracted position, as shown in Figure 2, the 'nib and rivet are in horizontal alignment.

In assembling the parts it is; only necessary to align the nib 14 and the rivet 7, engage'the nib 14 in one of the channels 10, 11 of the casing 1 and force the casing towards the head 4. The nib 14 will then ride in the channel and snap into the groove 13, thus holding the parts in locked relation. To separate these parts, a pull on the head will disengage the nib 14 from the groove 13, the resiliency of the metal permitting this. The cap 6 is then put in place and a completely assembled holder is produced.

It will be seen that with the construction de scribed a very simple container has been devised, one that is cheaply made and assembled, but which at the same time can be readily disassembled, and which is of an attractive appearance. While the invention has been shown in its preferred form, it will be understood that the container may be of various shapes, and that its construction may be varied as to details without departing from the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is: r

1. In a container for lip-paste or the like, the

combination of an outer shell of light metal havribs and interiorly opening channels, a sleeve in.

the, casing rotatable relatively thereto and having a helical groove, a paste cup in the sleeve having a headed member riding in the groove and having a vertical movement in one of the channels on relative rotation of the parts, a nib on the sleeve, and a cooperating annular groove in the casing, the nib on the sleeve and the headed member on the cup being so arranged relatively to each other that when the cup is in its retracted position these parts are in alignment, sothat when'assembling the nib will ride in one of the channels and snap into the groove, thus removably associating the casing and the sleeve, and the headed member will enter the channel and be in position to efiect the advancing and retracting movements of the paste cup.

2. In a container for lip-paste or the like, the combination of an outer shell of light metal having an outwardly projecting rib formed in its sides by pressing out the metal and forming an interiorly opening channel, a sleeve in the casing groove and a nib adjacent one end of the sleeve, and a paste cup movable in the sleeve and provided with a headed member, said nib and headed member being arranged so as to be in alignment when the cup is in retracted position, so that in assemblng the parts the nib will enter the channel and act to hold the sleeve and shell in removably asso'ciated relation, and the headed mem-' her will enter the channel in a position to effect the movement of the cup in the sleeve.

' AUGUST MITCHELL. 

